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    AMENORRHOEA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flowplay

    Synonyms:

    amenia; amenorrhea; amenorrhoea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("amenorrhoea" is a kind of...):

    symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amenorrhoea"):

    primary amenorrhea (delay of menarche beyond age 18)

    secondary amenorrhea (cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated)

    Derivation:

    amenorrhoeal (related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy)

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